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en-wikipedia-org-234		Roman naming conventions - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	10269	851	60	Originally Roman women shared the binomial nomenclature of men; but over time the praenomen became less useful as a distinguishing element, and women's praenomina were gradually discarded, or replaced by informal names. As in other cultures, the early peoples of Italy probably used a single name, which later developed into the praenomen.[1] Marcus Terentius Varro wrote that the earliest Italians used simple names.[3] Names of this type could be honorific or aspirational, or might refer to deities, physical peculiarities, or circumstances of birth.[1] In this early period, the number of personal names must have been quite large; but with the development of additional names the number in widespread use dwindled.[1] By the early Republic, about three dozen Latin praenomina remained in use, some of which were already rare; about eighteen were used by the patricians.[4] Barely a dozen praenomina remained in general use under the Empire, although aristocratic families sometimes revived older praenomina, or created new ones from cognomina.[1]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-234.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-234.txt